Kudler Fine Foods Network Architecture
Naveen Lanka
NTC 362
July 28, 2015
Matt Henwood

Kudler Fine Foods Network Architecture Kudler Fine Foods (KFF) currently operates in three locations in California, but it needs a proper network architecture to establish a wide area network (WAN) to integrate all three locations. KFF currently uses a fast Ethernet that transfer information at a maximum speed of 100Mbps, which connects all the devices, and point of sale (POS) terminals (Apollo Group, Inc. ©2013). The Ethernet local area network (LAN) need to upgrade to 1 Gbps from 100Mbps to accommodate future needs of KFF in case if they want to expand or to provide sufficient bandwidth. KFF needs to utilize wireless local area network (WLAN) to minimize the cost of wiring to connect all the devices using the wireless access point to integrate all the devices within the location. The process of redesigning a network involves a lot of planning to analyze the communications standards need to implement, the appropriate topology and protocols involved in the network. Building a network needs specific hardware, software to connect the networks, control traffic flow and minimizing network latency, and other types of network-related issues. Communication Protocols The communication protocols play an important role in designing the network because KFF uses various devices to accomplish the daily activities needed to run the store efficiently. KFF use devices like blade servers, Windows computers, POS terminals, and other devices, where each device use different coding schemes or communication protocols (Apollo Group, Inc. ©2013). Communication protocols differ based on the region or the type of device designed to support various languages encoded into bits (Goleniwski, 2007). There are several communication standards evolved over time like American Standard